Traffic crosses over into two lanes of two-way traffic at the west and east ends of the project. The eastbound lanes and some side roads still need to be constructed.
The Iowa Department of Transportation anticipates the pavement construction to be complete in August with all four lanes open to traffic, weather permitting.
BLACK HAWK BRIDGE: The Iowa and Wisconsin departments of transportation are gathering public input on a proposed replacement of the Iowa Highway 9 Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River at Lansing.
To accommodate the new bridge, about 5.9 acres of easement and fee title are needed from the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The Iowa Division of the Federal Highway Administration intends to make a de minimis impact finding, meaning the matter is too trivial or minor to merit consideration, because the project is not expected to adversely affect the activities, features and attributes of the refuge.
Iowa Board of Corrections approves new prison wardens at Anamosa, Fort Dodge facilities
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New Anamosa prison warden comes from South Dakota
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ANAMOSA Two months after the violent deaths of a pair prison employees, Iowa s newly hired prison security czar has walked into a system that s still reeling in the aftermath.
Since the killings, allegedly by two prisoners in a botched escape attempt, staff at Iowa prisons twice have been assaulted by inmates; a prisoner died by suicide under supposedly close supervision; a search turned up caches of bomb-making materials; and prison programs remain shuttered for security reasons. There also are four ongoing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the slayings.
Even so, Brian Foster, the new director of institution security, is taking time to acquaint himself with the details of Iowa s prisons before taking decisive action, he told the Des Moines Register in his first public comments.
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The Fort Dodge Correctional Facility inmate accused of killing another inmate in June 2020 is nearing the start of his first-degree murder trial after he rejected a plea offer from the state for second-degree murder.
Eric Hall, 45, is accused of killing fellow inmate Thomas Andrew Daleske, 59, in Daleske’s cell at the Fort Dodge prison. Daleske was found unresponsive in his cell around 5:15 p.m. on June 14, 2020.
The State Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide by strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head, neck and chest. Court records state that there was a cord and an elastic wrapped around Daleske’s neck when his body was found.